Lucky
adjective
Having or bringing good fortune.
I always feel lucky when I find a parking spot right away.
Often appears as...
- get lucky
- lucky charm
adjective
Based on chance rather than skill or necessity.
Winning the lottery is a lucky event, it's not something you can control.
Often appears as...
- lucky draw
- lucky guess
adjective
Used to show pleasure about someone else's good fortune.
You're going on a vacation? Lucky you!
Often appears as...
- lucky you
- lucky him/her
Usage tips
Colloquial
adjective
Bringing success or good fortune.
My lucky shirt always brings me good luck.
Often appears as...
- lucky penny
- lucky item
adjective
Having or bringing good fortune.
I always feel lucky when I find a parking spot right away.
Often appears as...
- get lucky
- lucky charm
adjective
Based on chance rather than skill or necessity.
Winning the lottery is a lucky event, it's not something you can control.
Often appears as...
- lucky draw
- lucky guess
adjective
Used to show pleasure about someone else's good fortune.
You're going on a vacation? Lucky you!
Often appears as...
- lucky you
- lucky him/her
Usage tips
Colloquial
adjective
Bringing success or good fortune.
My lucky shirt always brings me good luck.
Often appears as...
- lucky penny
- lucky item
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outcome
Use 'lucky' to express that something good has occurred by chance and is beneficial.
He was lucky to land safely after his parachute almost didn’t open.
Pro Tip 2/3Optimistic Tone
'Lucky' often carries a cheerful or hopeful tone, suggesting confidence in future success.
I’m feeling lucky about the job interview tomorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Perception
People use 'lucky' based on personal feelings, not always with evidence.
She thinks she’s lucky because she found $20 on the ground.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outcome
Use 'lucky' to express that something good has occurred by chance and is beneficial.
He was lucky to land safely after his parachute almost didn’t open.
Pro Tip 2/3Optimistic Tone
'Lucky' often carries a cheerful or hopeful tone, suggesting confidence in future success.
I’m feeling lucky about the job interview tomorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Perception
People use 'lucky' based on personal feelings, not always with evidence.
She thinks she’s lucky because she found $20 on the ground.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outcome
Use 'lucky' to express that something good has occurred by chance and is beneficial.
He was lucky to land safely after his parachute almost didn’t open.
Pro Tip 2/3Optimistic Tone
'Lucky' often carries a cheerful or hopeful tone, suggesting confidence in future success.
I’m feeling lucky about the job interview tomorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Perception
People use 'lucky' based on personal feelings, not always with evidence.
She thinks she’s lucky because she found $20 on the ground.
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Is it bad to hold your...
causing it to relax and the bladder to empty. The external urethral sphincter is one of the muscles of the pelvic floor, and it provides support to the urethra and bladder neck. It's lucky we have these pelvic floor muscles because placing pressure on the system by coughing, sneezing, laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage.
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Can you solve the temple...
The fourth you can figure out using the process of elimination. Of course, none of this matters if you're lucky enough to find the exit yourself, but otherwise, putting everything together leaves you with three possibilities. If each group gives a consistent answer, either everyone is telling the truth,
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The loathsome, lethal...
searching for a blood vessel. When it hits one, the lucky parasite can suck two to three times its weight in blood. Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide to keep them away from us -- from citronella candles
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Kailash Satyarthi: How...
and the first tear of joy rolls down on her cheek, I see the glimpse of God in it -- this is my biggest inspiration. And I am so lucky that not once, as I said before, but thousands of times, I have been able to witness my God in the faces of those children and they are my biggest inspirations.
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Why do we love? A...
Buddha proposed that we love because we are trying to satisfy our base desires. Yet, our passionate cravings are defects, and attachments, even romantic love, are a great source of suffering. Luckily, Buddha discovered the eight-fold path, a sort of program for extinguishing the fires of desire
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Can You Survive...
they finally freed one leg but my other was still wedged hard and I was starting to get tired such intense pressure on your legs can cause deep vein thrombosis I'm only submerged to my hips if you're unlucky enough to go down as far as your neck then there's a good chance that the
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My life as an outsider PIPE...
you can see the book in the corner which represents my obsession with technology based on aircraft you can see the white desk which was the first piece I was lucky enough to design and my interest in the world of women is marked by the dressing-table in the corner that
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Questions No One Knows...
capable of creating sophisticated technology is far rarer than we've assumed. After all, it's only happened once on Earth in four billion years. Maybe even that was incredibly lucky. Maybe we are the first such civilization in our galaxy.
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The history of chocolate...
If you can't imagine life without chocolate, you're lucky you weren't born before the 16th century.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
be fed like they did when they were small it's so rare to see this i feel very lucky
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
causing it to relax and the bladder to empty. The external urethral sphincter is one of the muscles of the pelvic floor, and it provides support to the urethra and bladder neck. It's lucky we have these pelvic floor muscles because placing pressure on the system by coughing, sneezing, laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage.
Video examples
Can you solve the temple...
The fourth you can figure out using the process of elimination. Of course, none of this matters if you're lucky enough to find the exit yourself, but otherwise, putting everything together leaves you with three possibilities. If each group gives a consistent answer, either everyone is telling the truth,
Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
searching for a blood vessel. When it hits one, the lucky parasite can suck two to three times its weight in blood. Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide to keep them away from us -- from citronella candles
Video examples
Kailash Satyarthi: How...
and the first tear of joy rolls down on her cheek, I see the glimpse of God in it -- this is my biggest inspiration. And I am so lucky that not once, as I said before, but thousands of times, I have been able to witness my God in the faces of those children and they are my biggest inspirations.
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
Buddha proposed that we love because we are trying to satisfy our base desires. Yet, our passionate cravings are defects, and attachments, even romantic love, are a great source of suffering. Luckily, Buddha discovered the eight-fold path, a sort of program for extinguishing the fires of desire
Video examples
Can You Survive...
they finally freed one leg but my other was still wedged hard and I was starting to get tired such intense pressure on your legs can cause deep vein thrombosis I'm only submerged to my hips if you're unlucky enough to go down as far as your neck then there's a good chance that the
Video examples
My life as an outsider PIPE...
you can see the book in the corner which represents my obsession with technology based on aircraft you can see the white desk which was the first piece I was lucky enough to design and my interest in the world of women is marked by the dressing-table in the corner that
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
capable of creating sophisticated technology is far rarer than we've assumed. After all, it's only happened once on Earth in four billion years. Maybe even that was incredibly lucky. Maybe we are the first such civilization in our galaxy.
Video examples
The history of chocolate...
If you can't imagine life without chocolate, you're lucky you weren't born before the 16th century.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
be fed like they did when they were small it's so rare to see this i feel very lucky
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I've been very lucky enough to do all kinds of movies. All the movies that I've done have been very different, and all the characters I've done have been very different. I feel very lucky to have been able to do the movies that I've done.
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Lionel Messi
Argentinian Footballer
I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.
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Shakira
Musician
I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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Zinedine Zidane
French Athlete
I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before.
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Al Pacino
American Actor
Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I've been very lucky enough to do all kinds of movies. All the movies that I've done have been very different, and all the characters I've done have been very different. I feel very lucky to have been able to do the movies that I've done.
Quote examples
Lionel Messi
Argentinian Footballer
I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.
Quote examples
Alan Rickman
British Actor
Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.
Quote examples
Selena Gomez
American Actress
If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.
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Shakira
Musician
I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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Zinedine Zidane
French Athlete
I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before.
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Al Pacino
American Actor
Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.
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